He was almost tempted to shout, try to force some reaction from the monk (and dammit, why'd he have to be so impassive? Konzen had been way easier to read), but being calm would work much better, he was sure. He didn't want to lose his already tenuous grip on his control.

"If he'd died, then I'd have known," Kenren replied coolly. That was what Sanzo was implying at least. But if Hakkai had been there, if he'd been injured so badly, then Kenren would have known. Gojyo would have known. Between the two of them, some sense would have been able to tell, he was sure of it. "He's just vanished."